Edinburgh 50,000 – The Final Push
Edinburgh 50,000 – The Final Push was part of the series of Live 8 concerts held around the world designed to encourage the leaders congregating at the G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, to consider the plight of those in absolute poverty. Held on 6 July 2005, four days after the other concerts, at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, it coincided with the opening day of the 31st G8 summit and a rally in the city centre marking the end of the Long Walk to Justice.
The event is also referred to as "Live 8 Edinburgh" and "Live 8 Scotland".
Tickets were allocated by a text lottery. As with the Hyde Park Live 8 concert it overran its official finishing time.Line-up
The full line-up of performers:
- Lenny Henry
- The Proclaimers - "I'm Gonna Be "
- Jamie Cullum - "All You Need Is Love"
- Natasha Bedingfield - "These Words"
- Wet Wet Wet - "With a Little Help from My Friends", "Love Is All Around"
- Davina McCall
- Peter Kay - "Top of the World"
- McFly - "All About You"
- Eddie Izzard
- 1 Giant Leap - "My Culture"
- Eddie Izzard - "Flower of Scotland"
- Sugababes - "Stronger"
- Bono
- Nelson Mandela
- George Clooney
- Annie Lennox - "Redemption Song", "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves"
- Coumi Nidu
- Susan Sarandon
- Bob Geldof and Campino - "The Great Song of Indifference", "Rat Trap"
- The Thrills - "Santa Cruz "
- Claudia Schiffer and Herbert Grönemeyer
- Midge Ure - "Vienna"
- Chris Evans
- Feeder - "Buck Rogers"
- Wangari Maathai
- Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry - "7 Seconds"
- Chris Barrie and the cast of The Brittas Empire
- Embrace - "Ashes"
- Beverley Knight
- Texas - "Inner Smile", "Say What You Want"
- Katherine Jenkins - "Nessun dorma"
- Snow Patrol - "Run"
- Ronan Keating
- Travis - "Driftwood", "Why Does It Always Rain on Me?"
- The Corrs - "Breathless", "When the Stars Go Blue"
- James Brown - "I Feel Good", "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag", "Sex Machine"
